In Original Glazed Heavy Ebonised Black Wooden Frame - Genuine Pears Annual 1923 print for that year of;  Wonders of the Sea by Sir Frank Owen Salisbury RA (Harpenden 1874 – 1962), first painted in 1912, featuring two nude young girls, who, in fact, were Salisbury’s own twin daughters, Monica and Sylvia. 

Circular in size and shape - approx. 40cm across

Square mount - 43cm x 43cm - inside circular mount - approx. 34cm across

Frame Approx. size 53cm across x 5cm depth 

Very heavy in weight

 

Like others of the same kind, many were cut down to size with a circular boarder, and framed either in a round or square frame; this has been roughly cut-down to size and adhered to it's original cardboard backing circa 1920's.

It was removed from it's original damaged square frame during the 1980's and a new circular mount was added.

Frank Owen Salisbury was a conservative hardcore Methodist and a serious portraitist who painted the likes of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill and even John Wesley (the founder of Methodism) himself. And yet, Salisbury also painted this beautiful piece or his own twin daughters.

This is a rare-sought piece that doesn't often come up on the marketplace, and when they do they can demand a reasonable price, as the very same 1923 print is being sold on the USA eBay site for $595 - it includes and wonderful frame, but at that price I'm sure I could find the right frame for this at a fraction of the price.